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*O » _ . 10 The Editor ,Of -Tiie Norther...
The Doctor desired , me to send the sum of £ 10 to Cobbett . I did so on March 24 th . "Whether Cobbett "threw away the money needlessly " or not , is not for me to say , yet I have never been satisfied with his mode of doing business , as he never yet thought proper to send me a receipt for he money , which would have cost little . A short time ago , the Doctor -wrote me to send another £ 10 to Cobbett . I refused to do so until the former was acknowledged . I took this course in order that the money of working men might not oe uselessly expended ; and I am now glad I thus acted , as the remaining £ 10 is still available . I wish Mr . Cobbett to explain how the £ 10 he received has been expended . It was public money , and it is fair that its appropriation should be publicly explained . The Doctor says it will never he accounted for . 1 hope Mr . C . wffl strengthen his faith , and give the subscribers satisfaction . Tours truly , ¦\ YniiAM Bides . „ .. _ . , , , . , , , The Doctor desired me to send the sum of £ 10
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TU THE ALEMJBEKS Uif THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , j The members are hereby informed , that a Special Conference-will be held at ^ ot ^ ingham , on Monday , August the 0 th , 18- &) , for the pnrpose of considering matters t > f the greatest moment to the Company . In next week ' s "Star" all necessary instructions will he given respecting the election of delegates . By order of tlie Directors , Thomas Ciabk , Corresponding Secretary .
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RECEIPTS OF THE HATiOSAL LAND COMPANY Fob the TOexk Exmxg Tbxbs » jit , Jul * 5 , 1849 . SHARES . £ . s . d . £ s . d . Heading .. 2 0 0 "Wigton .. 0 5 0 Ashton -- 2 14 2 Bennondsey .. 0 0 0 Wisbeach .. 0 7 3 T . Hodges .. 0 3 0 StamlHidge .. 014 G G . Burrows .. 018 2 jRotherhani .. 019 0 E Barlow .. 0 3 0 Camhmvefl .. 113 0 GMowl .. 0 2 6 Nottingham .. 120 — Slackhnm .. 056- £ 11 18 1 - \ Varuick -. 0 4 0 nai
EXPENSE FOND . W . G . Barrows 0 10 E . E . Travis .. 0 10 H . Travis .. 0 10 £ 0 3 0
MONIES RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF ELATHON . 3 ) . C ., London .. 32 0 0 J . S . V ? ., London 33 0 0 J . E-, Farrlnsaon CO 0 0 J . T ., W % ton .. 30 0 0 3 J . 3 . .- 40 0 0 W . M ., ditto .. 30 0 0 -ff . B ., Ionflon .. 20 0 0 J . C , ditto .. 1 10 0 T . 3 L , Worcester SO 0 0 XT . P ., Warwick 43 0 6 T . >' ., 31 alvern .. 5 0 0 J . 3 L , Eccles .. 40 8 1 3 Ir . G ., Potteries 12 S 0 0 J . C , Carlisle .. 4 18 J . C . Wigton .. 010 0 E . JL , Kensington 39 7 8 < S . B ., Leeds .. 10 0 0 W . P .. Paddington 37 0 0 W . G ., Eccles .. 8 0 0 T . C , ditto .. 8 0 0 £ 003 17 11 G . 1 L , Leeds .. 10 0 0 - ^ £ SSm
TOTALS . Land Fund .. . ... ... ... 11 IS 3 Jvspense ditto .. . ... ... 0 3 0 Bonus ditto 2 0 0 Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 10 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Mathon 008 17 11 £ 623 4 0 W . Dixox > C . Dotte , T . Clahk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Giutd , Fin . " Sec . DEFENCE FUND . Kecelvca fiy TV . ItoEK . —Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin , 9 =. t & VICTIM FUND . deceived at Laxd OrncE . —Mr . Elliott , 2 s . ; Mr , Tomlin , 3 s . ; A . JB . a , Is . ; James Connell , Id . ; a Few Fricndsfrom ( jiecnwicb andlicptford , per Uf . AVhitconihe , lis . Cd . FOR MRS- JONES . Itecdvcd hy W . Uideb J . Stansfield , JlotherLam , Is . S 3 . -, llaworih , per W . Greenwood , 5 s . 6 d . ; T . Sowertjy , llalston , 2 s . 3 d . ; Bat-up , per J . ' Wilson , 5 s . ; J . Skevingtun , LoughDorou ^ h , Is . M'DOUALL ' S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OS OTHERWISE ) . Received hy Tf . IIieeh . —J . "Wells , -Waterloo Town , Bethnal-Grctn , Is . FOR K 1 RKDALE PRISONERS . 35 « vj veel hy TV . Hideo . —Xoughhorongh , per J . Skevington , ( id . ; M . Faulu * ^ I'd . ; a Friend , 2 d ; J . Skevington , Is . FOR THE CITIZENS OF ROME . Becvived hy W . IJidee . —Berry Broir , rearJIuddersfield , 3 * r Joh llirzt , 4 s . Cd . FOR W 1 V £ S AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . RioEa . —Hull , per R . Lundy , 10 s . ; Cheltenham , per J . Ilemnrin , Gs . Od . ; Xottingham , per J . Sweet , 3 s . Cd . ; a'Democrat , Chepstow , Sd . ; Sideon Cooke , 3 Iel-Km Jlowhrav , 4 s . Cd . ; Hartlepool , per 1 L Parkinson , 3 s . ; ' « v , IHgg , Undgeford Gate , 2 s . CO . ; W . Carlton , per P . Siianb , . Darlington . Is . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received hy J . Absott . —Mr . Moore , per "W . Slrate , Is . ; <; iolie and Friends , per Mr . Leatherharrow , 10 s . 4 d . ; 2 S , « olden-lane , per T . Uroirn , 4 s . Jd . ; 4 , llutler ' s-alley , per ditto , 2 s . " Cd . ; 2 S , Golden-lane , per ditto . Is . lid . ; land Office , as per Star . 13 s . 7 d . ; Mr . ltider , as per Star , £ 1 ' Js . lid . —Total , £ 3 as . 7 d . XOTICE . The Rules © f tlie Xew Land Society are now in the hands of 31 r . Juhn Tiihl Pratt , the Jlegistrar , aud are expected lo he enrolled in a few days . A full and explicit Prospectus , . as well as a digest of the Rules , shall appear in the Star , ziest Saturday . T . Clmk , Corresponding Sec .
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . THURSDAY , Jci-t 5 . HOUSE OP COMJIOXS . —The House met at twelve o ' eloelc . roosliiw ( Ireland ) Bill . —The remaming clauses of the Pour-law- ( Ireland ) Bill were considered and passed tluongh committee , the report to be considered on Friday at twelve o ' clock . The House adjourned at four o ' clock till six . At iix o ' clock the House re-assembled . State gf tjic Xawox . —^ 3 Ir . Disbaeh having pressed for a day for the resumption of the adjourned debate on his anotion on the State of the Nation , Lord Jou . v Hvssell consented to give up Friday for the purpose . The adjourned debate will therefore l ? e rcMinu-d-on Friuay .
IIsssox ' s Bsv COME 4 J . T . — 3 Ii-. Glxvstoxe then moved that an lismhle address lie presented to her 3 uaicst 3 T , prayiiig that her Majesty will be gracious ! v pleased to 4 irect that such means as to her Slajestv shall seem most fitting and cflectual , be taken to ascertain d 3 ; e legality of the powers , in respect to territory * trade , taxation , and government , ¦ which are , or recent !!* have been , claimed or exercised bv the Hudson ' s Bay Company on ibe continent of ^ Xorih America- The right lion , gentleman stated that the Hudson's Bay Company had no objection to the motion , and he trusted that the government would agree to it . Mr . ILrw £ 3 , on the part of the government ,
agreed to it . „ n , r , Texaxt Bight ( Jsej ^ so ) . —2 h : Jonx O Goxxeix was proceeding to address the House on a motion for the extension of tenant right in Ireland , when it Tvas-eonnted out . { Fron . our Third Edition of lostiuccij FRIDAY , Jvsb 20 . T « cocv £ b's Islaxd . — Earl Gbev then moved the second reading of the Tancouver ' s Island Adminis tration of . fcistieeBill . _ took occasionto his dis
iZ ? Vo ^ TEAGLE . express - nnSafoftiStmnsfer ofthe Island to the Hndapprovai w «^ - company which , in his ^ niorwSSS for tneUness of colonisa-**?? - Tnrl ' of Seovihk defended the company . ?^ TaSof aSeex defended the arrangement ^ ade ! 2 S & ES- likely to scenic the colonisa-^ i ^ mS ^ obse ^^^^ the bill was read a second . time . , j-ft-rwards adjourned . i ^^ cSol ^ KSta House met at *^& JrHsS ST ^ entLK bnanesg was disposed oj ^ he ^ S , Sll , and the ^ ttee on ^ P « ° ^ fS iafSpi ^ ^ its dis " Chief portion of the ^ ^ ainaan reenssioj . On »^ Jfi ££ , at its rising , ad-
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TAMEST 2 JEWS FROM ROME . „„ f ^ . wpived on Thursday The Trench Gov ^ nment ^^ General the followirig -telegraphic despaicu Ondinot :- „ Ynli g ^ cw , 3 vix 2 . « The assault gi «* n on the nhjht of the f th uU . of - « iI € l «& ssw .. lie gales of Sanlaora * - jfa «™ , ^ a & sa" .- ^ **• -I . ™ - » '
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LI . " Words are tilings , and a small drov of mfe Faninsr—like dew—upon a thoi- ^ produces That which makes thousand pernaps millions flunk . ' BiBosr . i . ettrbs _• -
THE PEOPLE AOAIN INSULTEDTHE GHARTTjR ONCE MORE EEJECTED .
| Beotheb . Proleiaeiaits , Notwith' - Jtatt-aing all the quibbling of the mdiviuiuCi commonly called Lord John Russell , -- you too vrell know that SLAVES you are ; the gentlemen Vno sit in the Westminster Tax-trap have just declared—by an overwhelming majority , and with accompanying circumstances of characteristic insult—that SLAVES y ou shall remain . The proceedings of the " Commons" on Tuesday eve , more than justified those of you ¦ who ( disdaining to acknowledge that House ) refused to petition in behalf of Mr . 0 ' Connor ' s motion . You who did petition have been supplied , in return , with an additional stimulant to appeal to more effeetive measures .
Mark the manner in which those who stand tip in your behalf are treated by those calling themselves the "Eepresentatives of the People ! " "WhilstMr . O'Coijhok was speaking " an hon . member" moved that the House be counted , but it being found that more than forty . members -were present Mr . O'Connor was enabled to proceed with his speech . One of the papers states that just forty members was the number present . The debate proceeded , and , finally , THIRTEEN , with tioo tellers in addition , voted for the motion . That is to say , there being but forty members in the House , fifteen voted for , and twenty-five against the motion ; majority against the Charter—Ten . 2 fot so fast . On turning to the report I find the majority " against the motion , instead of Ten , numbered Two Hundred and Nine . How came that to pass ? The " Times" shall
answer : — The House then divided , when there appeared—Porthc motion 13 Against it ... onn Majority against it — -2 uj That is to say , some two hundred members , or nearly so , voted against the motion , without having heard the reasons and arguments advanced in its behalf . Probably most of these worthy legislators were in the House before the precise moment of votin « v I can imagine that those who refused to listen ° to the supporters of the motion , took their seats to "ive their applauding shouts to Lord John R * jssELL , andcvy " hear , hear , " in response to his miserable quibbles , and heartless perversions of the truth ; but they were not in the House to listen f the act f
to the arguments advanced in support o o justice demanded bv the member for Nottingham . Indeed , I believe that but for the fact of the great party sham-fight got up by-D ' IsiuEU , tho night previous , and which was adjourned to Tuesday evonino-, Mr . O'Cosson would have been " counted out . " The two hundred and twenty-two were hanging about the lobbiesof theHouse , expecting to witness a renewal ofthc grand set-to between "Buckingham Ben" and thft . " Bedford Pet ; " they were not thereto discuss the Charter ; they had made up their minds to vote against the motion , even before Mr O'Coxxor rose from his seat . Thoug h an anfelfrom Heaven , or one raised from the dead , bad been there instead of Mr . O'Connor to advocate your cause , the two hundred and twenty-two would not have been persuaded to admit the justness of
your claims . , „ _ ' , Hononvto whom honounsdne ! Mt * . IIi 3 ME—though the acknowledged leader of the moderate section of Ecformers—both spoke and voted for Mr . O Coxxon ' s motion . It may be as well here to add t ^ e names of the rest of the minority : —w . J . Fox , Jonx Greene , Lawrence Hetworth , Ch . am . es Lcshixgtox , Lord Nugext . John 0 'Coxneli < , (!) ClIABLES PEAKSOX , WlMXAM SCHOIEFIELD , H . W . Taxcbkp , Colonel Thompson , George TiiOMr-sox , Sir Joshua Walmsley , and the two tellers , Feargus O'Coxxon and Sjurmas Chawj-ojo ) .
Let me call vonr attention to a curious fact : no list- ot the majority has appeared in the : daily papers . By giving only the names of the minority , and withholding those of the majority , a double course of knavery is accomplished . On the one hand , those who , like Hetworth , LusnixcioN , Nugent , Tancbed , and Waijssiey , have voted for the Charter , are , by the publication of their names , held up to the ill-will of the anti-Chartist portion of their respective constituencies . On the other hano , by withholding the list of the majority , the working classes are left in doubt as to whether certain loudmouthed " friends" of theirs voted in opposition to 3 fr . O'Coxxou's motion , or were merely absent . But whether those" precious advocates of Reform gave a direct negative to the propositions of the ilember for Nottingham , or merely skulkingly absented themselves from the House , they , in cither case , did the work of your enemies . Those who are
notfornsareagamstus . jlmons-st those who , as " Parliamentary -Reformers , " " recently supported Mr . Hume , the following cither voted against Mr . O'Coxxor or were absent from the House—H . A . Aguoxbt , M . T . Bass . C . L . G . Berkeley , E . P . Bouverie , J . BRIGHT , J . BROTIIERTON , Sir W . Clat , It . COBDEN , C . T . D'Etncourt , Sir De L . Evaxs , W . Ewaut , T . JT . Gibson , Alderman HuiirnuET , Sir W . MOLESWORTH , G . F . ML ^ TZ , R . OSBORNE , Sir G . SiRicKLAxn , Lord D . Stuart , J . WILLIAMS , and H . Bebkeixt . I have singled out only the most Ita / Ucal (?) and best known of Mr . Hume ' s supporters . It is only fair to add , that illness may have prevented tho attendance of some of the abwouldhowever not
sentees ; ill-will - , , operate upon a few of them ; and upon all who voted against the motion for the Member for Nottingham . While giving the supporters of Mr . O Connor all due credit for their votes , I must add that an evident lack of earnestness was the crying sin of more than one oration delivered on the side of the motion . Not inclined to be captiously critical , 1 will merely notice one point of one speech —that of Mr . Fox—who observed that ,- "Of all modes of Government which ever existed , he thought that the very worst « hich , to a certain extent , had prevailed in this country—lie meant the accomplishment of improvements only by means of agitation . It withdrew men ' s minds from the tonics on which they might most wholesomely
he emploved , and created professional agitatorsmen-tvho lived by tliat work , and were ready to sftnmlate tlte people for their ovmjAtrposes . ( Hear , hear , ) "What next ? " Really , the Hon . Member for Oldham must possess considerable powers of face . Imagine potbe-callingkettle , Sataxdenouncing Sin , or the late " Liberator" denouncing a spouting opponent as a disturber of tho public peace ! Imagine these , and you will be able to estimate the modest assurance of the ex-lecturer and ex-League orator and writer , standing unabashed in the presence of some of his late paymasters , denouncing " professional agitators J J . ' " " Well , well , the world must turn upon its axis , tails
And all mankind turn with it heads and . " In the course of my little time I have seen some strange turnings and twistings , and , doubtless , I shall see more yet . I have seen a certain gingerhaci * orator abandoning the path of honest industry , assume " the style and title" of , ESQ ., and by sheer force of brass and wind , achievea position amongst the " reverend" and the " respectable" of the land . He , too , calculates some day he will add M . P . to his ESQ . ; and he , too , when that day arrives , will , doubtless , join chorus with the hon . member for Oldham , in denouncing " professional agitators . " Really these " patriots" area queer lot . To them may be truly applied the couplet recently launched at the Whigs by the member for Middlesex—they " Forget the dunghill where they grew , And think themselves tlie Lord knows who . "
Want of space prevents me , on the present occasion , entering into a lengthy review of Lord Jons Russell ' s speech , which was chiefly remarkable for his laboured , though not very successful , attempt to direst himself of the title of " Finality Jack . " While opposing Mr . O'Coxxor ' s motion , he reiterated his beliefthat " it would be advantageous to the country if a greater number of the working classes were in possession of the Suffrage and able to take part in the election of representatives . " Why not then introduce a measure embodying his own ideas of reform ? Why pursue the do « --Jnthe-manger policy of hindering others , and at the same time doing nothing himself towards effeetimr
the . work he admits should be performed by some one ? TYhy ? Because he is not honest ; because his little lordship is fonder of playing at the game of political humbug , than of perforniimr ths duties of a statesman , andthe work of a legislator . The Premier ' s policy is to so play the artful dodger as to make the system last his time . " After me the deluge , " is the belief to which he clings ; but were you pfmr mind , in his day—even at once—the waves of Dem peracy should rise , and sweep him and his crCVf to ppKtJcal perdition . I reserve for another occasion comment . on the Prime JtfxxisxfiP ' 8 doctrines concerning capital and labour ; and his denunciations of Red Republicanism , Socialism , & c . I will now only remark , that whilst repudiating tho "Socialism , pictured by the infamous Press , and yrhich has no existence
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u ^' nd the vile journals whose columns are filled 'Sith the vilest blasphemy against Justice and Truth , I , for one , speaking for myself only , avow that to the " Socialism" expounded by such men as Louis Blanc I am devoted heart and soul ; moreover , I am persuaded that , in spite of the sneers of Russell , and the calumnies ol the horrible Pressgang , the Socialism of Eternal Justice will triumph ; Ay , triumph ! despite the pens of the moral assassins , and the sabres and grape-shot of the league of Europe ' s oppressors . Lord J , Russell says you are not slaves . What is a slave ? One whose labour and life are at the mercy of another . That your labour is at the mercy of ethers needs no lengthy proof . You must work ninm .. n . ., . - .. . ....
on the terms proposed by your " masters , " or you must die . From your labour is produced not merely your wages , but also the profits , rentals , pensions , salaries and emoluments enjoyed by the " superior classes . " Rents , profits , rates , taxes , tithes , are all drawn—directly or remotely—from your labour . These fiscal burdens , social and political , are imposed upon you in virtue of institutions and laws in the formation and enactment of which you have had no voice . What are you then hut slaves ? Queen , Lords , and Commons can , and do , pass laws to condemn you to imprisonment , transportation , and death , for certain offences ; also to compel you to risk your lives in defence of our " glorious institutions ; '' yet in the enactment of these laws you have no voice . What are you then but SLAVES ? But Lord John says you are ^ MWKf of the liberties you enjoy ( the Lord forgive him )! That you have the right to think what you please : no thanks to him
for that I More still , you have the right to express your tlioughts ; yes , if Powell , and Davis , and Donein , and others of the Premier ' s friends , are not in the way to swear your expressions savour of disaffection , sedition , rebellion , and treason . Stillbetter , you are allowed to act as you please—so long as you conduct yourselves in conformity with the laivs . Ah ! there ' s the rub 1 " Laws" which you have no voice in the making of—laws of which you reap the penalties , whilst the rich reap the benefits . Why ? Because the men of property elect the lawmakers , to the exclusion of you—tho men of poverty . Though of Coo members of the House of Commons only fifteen could be found on the 3 rd of July to record their votes for the " six points ; " not dismayed , not cast down " bating not one jot of heart or hope , " we , Brother Proletarians , will raise louder than ever our rallying cry of the past—the presentand the future : — "The Charter and No Surrender . " L'AMIDTJPETJPLE . July 5 th , 1819 .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF I UNITED TRADES . XO THEEMTOEOF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —As an appropriate corollary upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s flourishing exaggeration as to tho improved condition of the working classes , consequent upon the Free Trade legislation of the present ministry , I beg to forward you au extract from last Wednesday's "Manchester Guardian" as to the condition of the Counterpane "Weavers of Bolton . The Counterpane Weavers . —Notwithstanding the fact that the manufacture of counterpanes is confined to Bolton and the nei g hbourhood , the trade has been deprevscd for some tune to a great degree , and wages have sunk so low that weavers with families , even when in work , can scarcely earn sufficient for subsistence . Under this state of things ,
some of their body called a meeting , ' in the open air , on Monday , to take into consideration the propriety of ceasing to work altogether at that trade unless better wages could be obtained . About 250 weavers were present , and the meeting was adjourned to the Grown Inn , where the subject was diseussed , and a majority decided that it would be best to cease work , as they could not live by what they earned . It was stated , that in two years wages had been reduced to the extent of 7 s . in the pound ; and that now a man could not cam more than Is . Cd . from a hard week ' s work . After this meeting , however , better councils prevailed ; and upon the weavers being waited upon and their opinions deliberately taken , their decision was , that , bad as the trade is , they must work to support their families .
It will strike many of your readers as being singular why this particular department of manufacture should he so deplorably paid , seeing that the causes usually assigned for low wages are in this case absent . The manufacture of counterpanes is confined to Bolton and neighbourhood . There is , therefore , neither the competition of machinery , nor that of foreign nations , or of other towns to contend against ; but the sole cause of these men heing so miserably paid , arises from their want of union . Two years ago , an intelligent member was lamenting to the writer the gradual decadence of this trade from the causes I have assigned , at the same time assuring mc that the men , if united , might command any amount of wages they chose to ask . I will just state one fact which may perhaps meet the eye of some of these men through your valuable columns .
There is in the neighbourhood of Bolton , a body of Twist Bleachers , who , from the fact of it being known that they belong to the National Association of United Trades , are receiving from 3 s . Gd . to os . per week higher wages than is paid to any other men of the same trade in the locality . Surely , Mr . Editor , facts like these must eventually arouse the dormant faculties of the apathetic , and beat down the prejudices of those who would obstruct the progress of so useful an institution . I am , sir , yours respectfully , ' "William Peel , ' Sec .
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METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . A public meeting of this association took place last night at tlie Princess ' s Theatre , which was filled to overflowing on the occasion . Sir Joshua Walsisley , M . P ., presided , and in opening the proceedings congratulated the meeting on the presence of so many of the fair sex , and gallantly predicted the success of a cause to which they lent their countenance . In the course of his address he referred to the triumph which the citizens of London had achieved for the cause of civil and reli 1
• 'ions liberty . He then launched out into an exposition of the various political principles advocated by the association , asserting , especially with reference to the state of our representative system , that it was iu the hands of one tiith of the population , and that the other four-fifths were reduced to a state of moral slavery thereby . The first resohr ion was moved by Mr . J . A . Nicholay , who recommended a union with the Chartists , on the principle that tbey should take all they could senw out of a reluctant legislature , lie also expressed his opinion that we could do very well without an army , since we permitted France to attack Rome , and Austria and Russia to overwhelm the brave Hungarians .
Mr . Hume was the next speaker , and commenced by saying that the meeting reminded him of former assemblages in the parish of Marylehone , when not only 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 . but 20 , 000 people met peaceably together to agitate for reform , and he predicted n similar successful result for the association to that which crowned the efforts made seventeen or eighteen years ago . It was to the divisions which existed among them that larger measures of reform had not long ere now been adopted . Conscious of that fact , some members of the Houseof Commons called on their fellow-subjects to meet and show that the people required more control over their own affairs , instead of being dictated to hy the few who were now placed in power . That course they were determined
to follow . They hoped to have the union of the middle-class elector with the mass of the peoplej and with that view the association was acting . The repeal of the Corn Laws had , he was sorry to say , led to apathy , instead of increased exertion . The discussion of last night , however , had opened their eyes . He had drawn up the Charter , but he could tell them , as the result of his experience , that all reforms to be effectual must be carried by the great mass of the people , and while he bated not a jot of his original opinions he was willing to take as much as he could get . In the House of Cummons last night the Minister of the day said , he thought the suffrage might be extended to the working-classes . but he saw no call for it . He ( Mr . Hume ) called on the meeting to show Lord John Russell that there was a demand for the extension of the franchise , and that
it was necessary to meet the ' existing discontent by placing the legislature of the country on a broader , a move popular , and more secure basis . For many years their representative system had been at the top of the ladder—it was now at the bottom . He had stated in Parliament that those who had no voice in the government of the country were nearly slaves , and he repeated now , that from 4 , 000 , 000 to 5 , 000 , 000 of the people were in'that condition . Do what he and his friends might in parliament ,- their efforts were useless , and until the constitution of the House of Commons was changed there was no hope for their cause . As an old and experienced reformer —not a milk-and-water reformer—he had great pleasure _ m supporting the resolution before them . The next speaker was Lord Dudley Sruinr . He spoke , at considerable length , and promised his steadfast co-operation 5 n the objects of the associa-
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tion . He was followed by J . Williams , M . P ., , » £ *« , «" " Mr . Mackay . Mr . F . 0 Conn-or , M . P ., said this was the first time he had ever addressed a middle-class meeting . Without abandoning a . single principle that he had advocated for a quarter of a century , he sought to allay any antagonism which might tend to continue the predominance of the aristocatic class . ( Cheers . ) He was the more induced to this course from the conviction of the sincerity of Mr . Hume , and other leaders of this movement , who had supported his motion m the House the preceding night . ( Hear . ) He would never be branded with stopping the working classes from obtaining their rights , and would consent to accept them in instalments ; but he was convinced that until the whole of tie Charter wcb obtained , financial reform would be a bag of moonshine . ( Hear , bear ) He wa « satisfied his character .. _ ~ - r
was dear to the woikin ? classes , and he knew that he should not lose their confidence by the cof . r-e Le nw pursued . While the association pursued the course it had marke-i out he should offer it no opposition ; he hoped the working classes would offer none ; but till uie labour question was solved , and the industrious artisan could live comfortably Of the sweat ot his brow , the condition of the country vfould never be satisfactory . Every man , except those who read the Times , whose only object was to misleadevery reader of the Daily News , which v ntained the best compilation of intellience both foreign and
g , domesbO T- knew that this was the question which was now stirring the whole of Europe : and , until the feudal system was broken down , the working classes would never obtain their full rights ; In alluding to the debate of the preceding night , and the course taken by Lord John Russell , the hon . gentleman observed that his lordship was the smallest man both in mind and body that tie had ever seen for nothing . ( Laughter . ) In conclusion , he deulared that he would sooner abandon life itself than abandon a single point of the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr . H . Hetjibrington also addressed the
meeting . The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman .
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THE LAND MOVEMENT . ' On Monday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of St . Pancras was held in the new vestryrooms , King ' s-road , Camden Town , for the purpose of aiding the . freehold land movement for the obtaining treeholds and votes in the home counties , under the auspices of the St . Pancras Freehold Land Association . Mr . J . Williams , M . P ., occupied the chair , and at least from 1 , 000 to 1 , 500 persons were assembled . On tho platform were observed Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P . for the borough ; Mr . W . Williams , late M . P . for Coventry ; Mr . Taylor , from Birmingham , who had attended to explain the operation of the movement in the midland counties ; James Clark , Esq . ; "VV . Dyke , Esq . ; S .. Stockton , Esq ., and a large number of the leading and influential men of this great district .
Mr . W . Williams moved the first resolution , to the effect that divisions upon all popular questiens in the House of Commons prove that tho people have no hope in its present state , while Marylehone , Pinsbury , Lambeth , Tower Hamlets , Manchester , and Glasgow , with , nearly two millions of inhabitants , are completely neutralised by Thetford , Harwich , Ripon , Chichester , Cricklade , and Chippenham .- The unenfranchised , however , in large towns having the power in their own hands , if they liked to use it—let them at once join these Freehold Land Societies , and prove by their endeavour to obtain the privilege of voting for a representative they deserve to possess it . Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., dwelt at some length
on the advantages which he conceived must result from such a movement ; and some allusions made by him to the motion of Mr . Hume , as opposed to Mr . Disraeli , and-the contest for the city of London in favour of Baron Rothschild , elicited the warmest plaudits . _ The City contest was not merel y a question of civil and religious liberty , but one whether the House of Peers should or should not dictate to an enlightened- constituency who should represent them . He expressed a hope that all the liberal electors of Marylehone who had votes for the City , would accompany him ( the noble lord ) to the poll at eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning , and record them
for Baron Rothschild . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Tho noble lord concluded by suggesting that the operations of the association should bo extended to the borough of Marylehone . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dyke moved the second resolution , expressive of an opinion that freehold land societies were the simplest and most efficient means of extending the suffrage and breaking down class legislation and political exclusivencss , whilst they promote the social happiness and enhance the domestic comfort of the working classes . This resolution was also earned nem . eon ., and other gentlemen having addressed the meeting , several ' hundred members were enrolled , and the meeting terminated at a late hour .
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MARYLEBONE . —How to Dispose of ax L \ b-Axr . —An elderly woman came to the court , carrying in her arms an infant about two months old , and made the following singular statement to the magistrate : —On Sunday evening last , between sis find seven o ' clock , as she was walking along Crawford-street , Bryanston-squarc , she was accosted by i middle-aged female , who , after some conversation i » ith her , asked her if she had any objection to partake of a little ' refreshment ; , she thanked her , and they repaired together to a public-house in the neighbourhood , when the female , after calling for
some porter , put tho infant into applicant s lap , with a request that she would take care of it for a few minutes while she went out to speak to a person a short distance off ; she then quitted the place , and did not return . Applicant was desirous of having the magistrate's opinion as to what she should do with the child , as she had no home of her own , and was in the greatest distress . —Mr . Rroiighton , from the replies which she made to several questions put by him , was inclined to imagine that she and the other female had acted in concert , in order that tho parish might be burdened with the child ' s maintenance . —The applicant was directed to take the infant- to the workhouse , and make known to the relieving officer the way in which it came into her possession .
GUILDHALL . —EMRKazLEMEKi by a CwniK . — Henry Archer was charged with embezzling various sums of money to a large amount , while in the service of Mr . Horace Catlin , coal merchant , as clerk . It appeared that the prisoner was employed by Mr . Catlin , as a wharf clerk , at a salary of' 85 s . per week . His duty was to see coals sent out , and to receive money from parties who drew the coals . He was also allowed to receive money of persons from whom he got orders . The course of business was , that he should enter all monies received in the course ofthc day , and account for them at night . The sums he was charged with embezzling ho had received in this way . —Tho prisoner declined saying anything in his defence , and he was remanded until Thursday . Bail was refused , and he was conveyed to the Compter . Charity . —Lieut .-Gencral Sir William Patcrson presented a sovereign to Mr . Alderman Garden for the poor-box of this court .
WORSHIP-STREET . —Murderous Outrage nv i Man urox his Wife . —Mr . Samuel Joseph Coe , described as aperson in independent circumstances , was charged with having cruelly maltreated his wife , who was so seriously injured that some doubts are entertained of her recovery . —Police-constable 315 K stated that at three o ' clock that morning his attention was attracted by an uproar in front of one of the houses in New Somerford-street , Cambridgeroad , on reaching which he found a lady lying in a state of insensibility in the gutter , with nothing on but her night dress , and surrounded by several persons , one of whom pointed out hor husband as havingplaced her in that condition . ' Having secured the prisoner , who was standing a few paces off , he
assisted ^ the others in conveying the lady to her bedroom , and the family surgeon was at once sent for , who pronounced her to have been so dreadfully injured about the head and abdomen that it was impossible at present to form an opinion as to her recovery . —Mrs . M . Reynolds , the landlady ofthc house whoro . the occurrence took place , stated that theprisoner and his wife had for some time occupied her furnished drawing-room and other apartments , and that at a late hour on the preceding night the former returned home in a state of partial intoxication , the . first intimation they had of his arrival being his hurling a stone through his wife ' s chamber . window . The door was opened as quickly as possible , and the prisoner
proceeded to the bedroom , but he had only been there a few minutes when witness was alarmed by tlie sound of blows , and loud ' seroams from tho wife , which were almost immediately succeeded by a heavy fall upon the floor . Witness instantly hastened into the room , where she found . his wife lying upon the ground , and the prisoner standing over her with one of his hands entangled in her hair . Witness succeeded with some difficulty in extricating , her from his grasp , and was supporting her to a , chair , when . the prisoner made a violent attack upon his wife , and after striking her repeatedly in the face , knocked her back into the chair , when she
became stupified , and whilst witness was attending her , he struck her three or four other blows with such force that she was reduced to a state of complete insensibility . The prisoner then retreated down stairs , and went out , and , after the lapse of some time , she succeeded in restoring the injured woman to consciousness , and supported her down stairs , with the intention of protecting her in her own bedroom for the rest of the night , but , upon reaching the passage , the prisoner returned to the house , and immediately commenced a third attack Upon his _ wife , striking her repeatedly , : till she again fell in a nearly senseless state in the passage , when he kicked her violently on the lower part of
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her person . She was raised from the ground by the witness , and staggered out into the street , but upon reaching there , instantly fell down in the kennel , and remained there till the arrival of the constable . —A certificate was handed up to the bench from Mr . B . Shaw , surgeon of the Cambridgcroad , which described tho lady as suffering from ser ious injuries inflicted upon the head and abdomen , and ' declared her to be in a state which precluded the possibility of her removal . —When called upon for his defence , the prisoner said he had been
out for some hours , and that on his return his wife , who was of a very jealous disposition , accused him of passing the evening with some other woman , which so greatly exasperated him that , . after some words between them , and he being in a state of intoxication at the time , he certainly struck her , but had no recollection whatever of having either beaten or kicked her in the exaggerated manner described by the landlady on the second occasion . —Ah * . Hammill said it was a most serious case , and after the evidence he had heard as to the condition in which
the lady then was , he felt it his duty to remand the prisoner upon the charge , but would consent to accept substantial bail for his future appearance , the prisoner himself in £ 80 and two sureties in £ 40 each , with forty-eight hours' notice to inquire into their sufficiency .
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This Court met on Monday by adjournment from the last session . There are only ninety-one prisoners for trial . The Common Sergeant having charged the grand jury , proceeded to try prisoners . Assault os a Lunatic—James Clift , a porter at the West London Union , surrendered to take his trial upon the charge of assaulting a lunatic in the workhouse of that union . —The defendant pleaded " Guilty . " — It appeared that a person named Evans was found in a coffee-house in a state of raving madness , and was removed to the workhouse of tho West London Union , where he was so exceedingly violent that it became necessary to put a strait waistcoat upon him , and strap him down , and there was a violent struggle between him and the prisoner
and some other persons before this could be effected . When , however , the unfortunate man had been secured , it appeared that the prisoner struck him with a rope and also smacked his face , and although there was no doubt that he was at the time excited by the struggle and could not control his temper , yet the commissioners felt that his conduct was unjustifiable , and that he had no right to inflict personal violence upon any unfortunate person in such a condition , and had , therefore , considered it their duty to prefer this indictment as a caution to others . The defendant was discharged upon his entering into a recognisance of £ 100 to appear and receive sentence if he should have notice to that effect .
Tuesdat , July 3 . Tub Satirist News ? apes . —Sarah Mills , who was indicted with a person , named Hansell , for conspiracy in endeavouring to . extort money from a jventleman , named Bevan , by a threat to publish libellous matter concerning him in the Satirist newspaper , > vas placed at the bar to plead . There was an indictment against the same parties for felony , arising out of the same transaction . —Mr . Parry , who appeared for Hansell , applied to have his trial postponed until the next session , on the ground that he was in such a bad state of health that it would
endanger his life if he were to take his trial at this time . —Mr . Ballantine , who appeared for the prosecution , said he believed the statement of the condition of the defendant Hansell was quite correct , and therefore ho could not oppose the application . —The defendant Mills pleaded " Guilty" to the indictment for misdemeanour , and "A ot Guilty "to the charge of felony . — The Common Serjeant , in pissing sentence , said that he thought the defendant had been very well advised , and hadacted most properly in pleading " Guilty , " as the only atonement in her power . She was sentenced to bo imprisoned for six months , without hard labour .
Embezzlement . —J . lloss , 40 , was indicted for feloniously embczrAing three several sums of £ 17 14 s . 8 d ., £ 10 , and £ 13 lis . Od ., the monies of his employer , Soesman Abrahams . —Mr Ballantine prosecuted , and Mr . Robinson , defended the pri soner . —The prosecutor in this case carries on the b \ isiness of a . wholesale grocer in Tiastcheap , and it appeared that the prisoner was his principal clerk , that he had the chief management of the business , receiving a salary of £ 8 per week . It was clearly proved that the prisoner , had received the sums named in the indictment from different customers , and that ho never accounted for them , but it appeared that when he was taken into custody l : e justified his proceeding , and declared that he was a partner of tho prosecutor . This , however , was
positively denied by Mr . Abrahams , who asserted distinctly that the prisoner never stood in any other position in his establishment than a servant . —The jury found tho prisoner " Guilty , " but recommended him to mercy on account of his previous character . —The prosecutor said he had discovered defalcations in the prisoner's accounts to the extent of £ 300 . For the sake of his wife and family , howover , ho was desirous to join in the merciful recommendation of the jury . —The prisoner was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for nine months . Bigamy . —Charles W . liingham , aged 23 , a tailor , was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Abiah Hooker , his lawful wife then being alive . It appeared that tlie prisoner married his first wife
in the Juno of 1810 , at St . Dunstan ' s , and resided with his fathcr-in-Iaw , a tailor , residing in tho parish , and remained until the following September , when he left tho house and deserted his wife , and on tho 16 th of April , in the present year , lie married Abiah Hooker , at the parish church of Whitechapcl . —The prisoner , in his defence , said that his first wife was such an abandoned character that he could not live with her . —The jury found tlie prisoner " Guilty . "—Tlie prisoner's father-in-law said that the aspersions cast on the character of his daughter were entirel y without foundation . She had been living with him since the prisoner deserted her . — Mr . Bullock ordered tho prisoner to be transported for seven years .
Cutting anb Wouxmxg . —Robert . Brown , 13 , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding George Weeks , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . —The prosecutor , it appeared , was a boy about tho same ago as the prisoner , and on the day named in the indictment they , and several other boys , were out together in the fields at play , when a dispute took place between them , and the prisoner suddenly drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed the prosecutor with it i'i the breast . —The jury found the prisoner "Guilty . "—The Common Sergeant said the court really did not know what sentence to pass in such a case . The crime of stabbing appeared to bo very much on the increase ; and if boys like the prisoner were to take upon themselves to resort to it , it was high time that some steps should be taken to put a stop to such proceedings . At present ho should respite tho judgment until next session , and in the interval ho would consider what sentence ought to he passed upon the prisoner .
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XilJi ; Ultltf UlIAItJUISS ISAltT ^ lill , ' JjUi-DOtf , RUN DOWN .-OtfE HUUDRED AND THIRTY LIVES LOST . Wc regret to record a serious collision between the Europa , on her homeward voyage , and the brig Charles Bartlett , of London , which resulted in the latter being run down , and in the loss of 130 lives . CAPTAIN WM . BARTLETT ' S STATEMENT . The Charles Bartlett was a first-rate ship , of 400 tons register . She left the Downs , from London , bound to New York , on the 14 th of June , with a general heavy cargo , of about 430 tons weight , and 162 passongei-s in the steerage , one cabin passenger , and fourteen souls ofthc crew . - Had fine weather , with light easterly winds , up to tho 10 th . From that time to the 27 th had S . W . and W . winds , and foggy weather . At noon it cleared up a little . Observed the lat . 50 dog . 48 dog . Kf ., and estimated tho long , at 29 deg . W . ; all well on board , and
everything looking prosperous . Soon after noon a dense fog set in , . wind W . by S . ship heading to tho N . W ., close hauled , all sail sot . At three o ' clock ordered a good look-out from tho topgallant forecastle ; also directed the man at tho wheel to look sharp to windward . At 3 30 p . m ., being on the weather side of the poop deck , heard ' a rumbling to windward like distant thunder turned my car to windward , and my eye to the horizon . The man at the wheel noticing that I was listening , looked to windward , and cried out , " Sail , ho ! " I at once saw what I supposed was a ship about one point forward of our beam , about 400 yards distant . I ordered the helm up , thinking if she did not discover us that we should have time to clear her before she could come into contact . All hands shouted at the same time to alarm the ship , and I ordored tho bell to be rung , and called to the ship to " port her helm , " as I saw that was the only chance of escape . There was nearly one hundred passengers on deck at the time .
All was of no use , for in one minute from the time we saw the ship she was upon us , going at the rate of twelve knots , striking us abreast of the after main shrouds ; The crash and the terrible scene that ensued I am not adequate to describe . I was knocked to leeward with the man at-tho wheel . I recovered myself in a moment , shouting for every personto cling to the steamer as their only hope ; I caught hold of a broken chain on the bow , and hauled myself up , shouting at the same time to the crew and passengers to follow . I had barely time to get on the steamer ' s bow , and , while getting up , I noticed that hor bow was into the ship within a foot of the after hatch , and that she was stove clear to the lee side , and that full twenty feet of her side was stove in . 'There must hare been nearly , fifty persona killed by tho collision . Every exertion * vas made by Captain Lott , his officers , and crew , and the passengers on board the steamer . Thoi boats were lowered as soon as possible . Unfortunately only about ten were saved by the boats , tho
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balance , making 4 hirtv-three , saved themselves by hanging to the bow . The steamer lay by the scene as long as there was any hope of saving any . Of the crew , Thomas Parker , of Charleston , S . C , aged 22 ; George Parsons , of Portland , Maine , aged 18 ; and Win . Rich , o » Gravescnd , England , agod 25 , were ost A list of the passengers and crew saved will bo found belov . We were most hospitably entertained by the captain , officers , and passengers of the steamer . - I will notice that all due exertion was used by Captain Lott , and officers and crew of tho Europa , as well as all the passengers . I particularly-
observed one passenger using the most noble exertions . I saw him let himself overboard , and clench a man in his arms , and , finding him dead , let him go . I next saw him on the bow of a boat , hauling a man from under water with a boathook , who was afterwards restored to life on board . I afterwards found that person to be Captain R . B . Forbes , of Boston . I cannot express myself as I feel for the noble and generous conduct of all on board in contributing to the wants of the surviving sufferers , and for the sympathy felt by all , particularly by the ladies . ¦ Yours with gratitude , William Bautlett .
LIST OF . PASSEXGERS SAVED rROM TUB WRECK OP TUK CHARLES BARTLETT , Ju . NE 27 , 18-10 , William Cross , of Rugby , destination , New York lost baggage , saved £ 14 in money . —James Miller \ of London , destination , Michigan ; lost baggage , £ 45 in money , £ 20 in plate , aud three watches . Lost relatives . —John Mackenzie , of London , bound to Boston , a seaman ; lost his baggage . —Charles 1 ' almer , of Godston , destination , Rochester , a . miller ; lost baggage and £ 5 . —Daniel Gartcman , of Germany , bound to New York , a sugar baker ; lost baggage and £ 10 . — Frederick Fuller , of London , bound to Illinois , where he has an uncle , by trade a Carpenter * , lost his father , mother , and brothers . His father had a considerable sum of money in notes
and gold . —Thomas Fitzgerald , of London , bound to Philadelphia , where he has a brother ; is a bootmaker ; lost baggage and a little money . —John Hover , of Kent , bound to New York , a miller , lost baggage and _ £ 20 in money . —David Waccy , of Norfolk , destination , Vermont , a shoemaker ; lost baggage and £ u in money , and saved £ 2 5 s . —John Hattvene , of London , bound to New York , a labourer ; lost baggage and £ 5 10 s . —John Ticken , of Germany , bound to Sew York , a sugar baker ; lost baggage and £ 12 . —Horace Holland , of Sussex , bound to New York , a wheelwright ; lost baggage 1 and his share of £ 13 , which he and his partner , who is lost , had in money . —Samuel Greene , of London , bound to New l ' ork , an engineer ; lost £ 10 and a
watch , also his luggage . —Thomas Bryson , of London , destination , Ohio , an agriculturist ; lost baggage and £ 100 . —Stephen Rolfe , of London , destination , Michigan , where he has relatives ; lost baggage and £ 78 in money , also £ 100 worth of stocit insured ; lie is a joiner and pianoforte-maker . N . B . Had a partner who shared in the stock . —James Borry , oflSowark , " 8 . J ., bound to New York , a seaman ; lost baggage and £ 20 in money ; had been paidofffroinalong voyage in England . —William Gardiner , of London , bound to New York , a painter ; lost baggage and £ 68 in money . —William Gannon * of London , bound to Philadelphia , where he has a brother ; lost baggage and £ 4 8 s . ; is a bricklayer . George Douglas , of New York , a coloured man , an American ; lost clothes . A . Carmichael , of London , bound to New York , an engine smith ; lost baggage and £ 20 ; has shoulder dislocated . James Kay , of
London , bound to New York , a mason and carver ; lost £ 3 , watch , and tools , valued at £ 30 , besides his baggage . Wilhelm Barlag , a , Prussian , bound to New York , a sugar baker lost his baggage and about los . Stephen Caspar ! , Mark " Gaspari ( brothers , ) Stephen Huseck , Joseph Iluscck , and Joseph Iluscck , aU of Presburg , dealers in linen goods ; lost money and merchandise . Fetrus Jilucher , of Utrecht , merchant and distiller ; lost wife and family , and all his property , about £ 800 . P . itcitz , of Germany , a tailor , wounded in the arm ; lost baggage and money , Henry StoMa , a Prussian , a baker ; lost baggage and money , lias a brother in New York . Mrs . Bridget Conroy , of London , bound to Boston to join her husband there ; lost baggage , two beds , and £ 8 in money . One nian taken up dead ; buried 28 lh Juno , at six a . m . R . B . Forces . Chairman .
The following is a statement of the subscriptions received on board the steam-ship Europa in Jbchall of the sufferers : — Cabin passengers £ 300 0 0 Fore-cabin passengers 9 10 U Captain , officers , and crew of the Europa .....,..,,. ' 42 ID 0 Europa , June 29 , 1849 . £ 3-52 5 0
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MURDER AT ENFIELD . On Sunday afternoon the usually quiet village of Enfield was thrown into a state of excitement , in consequence of a report that a murder had been committed at Chase Lodge , on the borders of Enfield-chase , now in the occupation of a gent-Ionian named Builer , a solicitor , of the firm of Lullcr and Smart , of the Temple . On making inquiries , it was found that the butler in the service of Mr . Duller had been stabbed to the heart by his Avife in a paroxysm of jealousy . It appears that the unfortunate man , whose name is John Cork , had been in the service of Mr . Builer , as footman and butler , for the last two years . He was a married man and had one child six months old . At the time
of his entering the service of Mr . Builer he represented himself to be a single man , while his wife was living at 20 , Napier-street , City-terrace , Cityroad . She had never visited him at his situation ; but he was in tho habit of communicating with her by letter . Slic was extremely jealous of him , and had been the cause of his losing several good situations , - but since the birth of their child s . he had behaved better towards him , and appeared to have recovered from her fits of jealousy . . On Friday last he wrote a letter to her couched in the most affectionate terms , and stated that he was very glad to hear that she had got rid of those delusions , which were the cause of so much nnhappincss , and begged of her , for the sake of the dear child , not to embitter their future happiness by entertaining such
unfounded fears of his inconstancy . He also stated in his letter , in answer to an application for more money , that he was unable to send her a further sum as his wages were not due , and that he was quite certain that she had not expended the last £ 8 , which she had received only a short time since . He posted this letter on the afternoon of the same day , and ho did not receive any answer to it , but on Sunday afternoon he was surprised by his wife appearing at his master ' s house , with her child in her arms . He had just finished his dinner , and he asked her into the house . After conversing together for some time in the pantry , and caressing the child , lie went up stairs and called the nurse maid , who was the only servant in tho house ( the remainder of the do » mestics having gone to church ) , to come and see his
child . He returned to the pantry , and in about five minutes afterwards the nurse maid , in passing from the kitchen into the pantry , saw the butler lying upon the ground near the door . She immediately exclaimed to the wife , who was standing by his side , intently looking at him , "Is John in a St ? " The wife replied in a loud voice , "So , it is something worse than that—I have done it . " The nurse-maid became alarmed at the strange and peculiar appearance of the wife , and on looking at the prostrated man she perceived blood on the trout of his shirt . Siio instantly ran out of the house and raised an alarm , and when several of the neighbours entered tho house they found the wife standing ia the same place where the nurse-maid had left her , still looking at her husband , who appeared lifeless .
Sergeant Collins , of tlie N division , arrived soon afterwards , and immediately sent a messenger for a surgeon , whose son inataniily attended , and found the butler in a dying state . The surgeon opened his waistcoat and shirt , and discovered a deep incised wound on the left side , immediately over the heart . The wound , which was in a slanting direction , was about an inch and a half in length . On searching the pantry a sharp pointed desert knife was found lying in the sink , stained with blood , and on being shown to the surgeon he at once said it corresponded _ with tho wound . The unfortunate man expired in a few minutes after the arrival of the surgeon . The wife remained in the pantry motionless all this time , and made no effort to escape ^ After the body was placed on a bed , and the surgeon
had given opinion that the deceased could not have inflicted such a wound himself , Sergeant Collins took tho wife into custody , and removed her to the police station at Enfield . She made no confession , ncr even once alluded to her husband . On tho following morning the unfortunate woman was taken before Mr . Williams , county magistrate , at Enfield . After tho evidence , the magistrate remanded the woman for further examination , and to afford tho police an opportunity of procuring fresh witnesses , On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , Mi * . Thomas Higgs , the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , opened the inquest before a highly respectable jury , at the Old Sergeant Tavern , Chase-side , Enfield . The jury viewed the body , which was lying upon a bed in the pantry , where the tragical
occurrence took place . On then- return to the inquest-room , the Coroner said it was impossible to proceed any further with tho case at that late hour ; and as there must necessarily be'a post mortebi examination of the body , it would be advisable to adjourn the inquiry until a future day . The inquiry was accordingly adjourned . The inquest-room was crowded to excess , and the unfortunate occurrence has created the most intense interest . The wife stoutly denies that she committed the deed . .. At the adjourned inquest oil Wednesday the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Caroline Cork . " The coroner having hound over all the witnesses , issued his warrant for the committal of tlie prisoner to Newgate" .. - - ¦ - - ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 7, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07071849/page/5/
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